Galaxias con lente en VV 191 (imagen compuesta de Webb y Hubble)

Galaxias con lente en VV 191 (imagen compuesta de Webb y Hubble)

nota del editor : esta publicación destaca los datos de Webb Science in Progress, que aún no ha pasado a través del proceso de revisión de pares.

Investigadores identificó una galaxia con lente previamente desconocida por primera vez en la primera vez de la nueva hora de la Galaxia de la Galaxia de la Nasa. izquierda. Un débil arco rojo aparece en el recuadro a las 10 en punto. Esta es una galaxia muy lejana cuya apariencia está deformada a la imagen de Webb. Su luz está doblada por la gravedad de la galaxia elíptica de primer plano. Además, su apariencia está duplicada. El arco rojo estirado reaparece, como un punto, a las 4 en punto.

Estas imágenes de la galaxia con lente son tan débiles y tan rojas que no fueron reconocidas en los datos de los Hubble, pero son inconfundibles en la imagen de infrarrojo cercano de Webb. Simulaciones de galaxias con lentes gravitacionales como esta ayudan a los investigadores a reconstruir cuánta masa hay en estrellas individuales, junto con cuánta materia oscura hay en el núcleo de esta galaxia.

Esta imagen incluye datos ultravioleta y visibles del telescopio espacial Hubble de la NASA.

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Webb se construyó un equipo en la universidad de ARIZONA de ARIZON. Martin’s Advanced Technology Center.

Credits

Science

NASA, ESA, CSA, Rogier Windhorst (ASU), William Keel (University of Alabama), Stuart Wyithe JWST PEARLS Team

Image Processing

Alyssa Pagan (stsci)

About The Object
Object Name VV 191
Object Description Overlapping galaxies
R.A. Position 13 48 22.367
Dec. Position +25 40 49.66
Constellation Boötes
About The Data
Data Description This image was created from JWST and HST data from proposals: (R. A. Windhorst), (B. W. Holwerda) ; (B. W. Holwerda) 
Instrument HST>WFC3/UVIS JWST>NIRCam
Exposure Dates 19 June 2015, 16 Dec 2018, 2 July 2022
Filters HST> F336W, F606W JWST> F356W, F150W, F090W
About The Image
Color Info These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope using the NIRCam and WFC3/UVIS instruments respectively. Several filters were used to sample infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:    Red: F356W Yellow: F150W, Green: F090W, Blue: F336W + F606W
About The Object
Object Name A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
Object Description The type of astronomical object.
R.A. Position Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
Dec. Position Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
Constellation One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
Distance The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
Dimensions The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
About The Data
Data Description
  • Proposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
  • Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
Instrument The science instrument used to produce the data.
Exposure Dates The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
Filters The camera filters that were used in the science observations.
About The Image
Image Credit The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content.
Publication Date The date and time the release content became public.
Color Info A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.
Orientation The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere.